Andrew Flintoff
Andrew Flintoff
Born: 6 December 1977, Preston, Lancashire
Major Teams: Lancashire, England.
Known As: Andrew Flintoff
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Test Debut: England v South Africa at Nottingham, 4th Test, 1998
Latest Test: England v India at Leeds, 3rd Test, 2002
ODI Debut: England v Pakistan at Sharjah, Coca Cola Cup, 1998/99
Latest ODI: England v India at Lord's, NatWest Series, 2002
NBC Denis Compton Award 1997
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 22/08/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 21 33 0 643 137 19.48 67.89 1 2 14 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 541.5 130 1556 33 47.15 4-50 0 0 98.5 2.87
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 13/07/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 46 38 3 847 84 24.20 88.87 0 5 15 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 218.4 4 1067 36 29.63 4-17 1 0 36.4 4.87
FIRST-CLASS
(1995 - 2002/03; last updated 11/11/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 97 151 10 4554 160 32.29 9 22 115 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 1406.2 341 3936 109 36.11 5-24 1 0 77.4 2.79
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1995 - 2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 163 145 12 3627 143 27.27 3 20 60 0
O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 711.3 2954 125 23.63 4-11 4 0 34.1 4.15
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
StatsGuru Filters for Andrew Flintoff
Statistics involving Andrew Flintoff
Articles about Andrew Flintoff
Full list of articles
Pictures of Andrew Flintoff
Full list of images
Profile:
Andrew "Freddy" Flintoff uses all his size - he is 6'4" tall and powerfully
built - to hit the ball as hard as anyone in the game today. A useful and
economical fast-medium bowler, his development has been hindered by back
trouble. His batting can be explosive, but he has learnt patience when
conditions do not suit all-out attack. He plays straight, and times the
ball well. Particularly strong off the front foot, he can also cut, and
pulls savagely.
Flintoff debuted for Lancashire in 1995, and in 1998 his early season
performances earned him a place in the Test side. He played in the final two
Tests against South Africa, but took little part in England's thrilling
success, bagging a pair in the fifth Test. He was the 50th winner of the
Young Player of the Year Award from the Cricket Writers' Club, but by the
end of the season he was out of form with bat and ball, and considered
himself fortunate to be selected for the 1998-99 England A tour.
Flintoff made the most of his opportunity, and earned a place in
England's one day squad for Sharjah (where he scored 50 against Pakistan on
his debut) and the 1999 World Cup. Although he made no great impact on the
latter tournament, his reputation as a big hitter in county cricket
continued to grow. He scored 143 off just 66 balls, including nine sixes,
against Essex at Chelmsford, and in the Roses match at Old Trafford he made
160, 111 of them coming before lunch. His hundred off 61 balls against
Gloucestershire at Bristol won him the EDS Walter Lawrence Trophy for the
fastest first-class century of the season.
On such enormous potential Flintoff was included in the senior England
squad to tour South Africa. After making some promising batting
contributions early in the series, he was forced to return home early after
breaking a foot in the fourth Test at Cape Town. He had scored 155 runs at
25 from four Tests, taking five wickets at 38. Indifferent performances
followed in the home series against Zimbabwe, and the first Test against the
West Indies was Flintoff's last of the 2000 summer. To his chagrin, he found
his weight and lifestyle to be under scrutiny after a newspaper article
accused him of living off fast food.
Craig White's emergence as an England bowler left Flintoff somewhat
fortunate to make the 2000-01 tour party, but he began with a flourish in
Pakistan, scoring 84 from just 60 balls to take England past the home team's
total of 304 in the first one-day international in Karachi. It was a vintage
innings and his highest ODI score, but turned out to be his only major
contribution. A long-standing back problem prevented him from bowling, and
forced his withdrawal from the Test series. His place was taken by Alex
Tudor.
Flintoff was flown out to Sri Lanka in March 2001 to play in the one-day
series there, but took no part in the international summer at home. He was
recalled to the England squad for October's short tour of Zimbabwe, where he
did enough to secure selection in the winter ODI squad to tour India and New
Zealand. He was then added to the Test squad, initially to bolster England's
bowling resources in India. It proved to be a shrewd decision by the England
management, and resulted in Flintoff making genuine strides towards
international stardom. With a remodelled bowling action he finished third in
the Test averages in India. He then made a telling contribution to the
one-day series, in which Nasser Hussain was not afraid to bowl him at the
death.
After an indifferent winter with the bat up to the Test series in New
Zealand, Flintoff then broke through in magnificent style. He made his first
Test century at Christchurch, eventually reaching 137 off 163 balls, and
shared in a 281-run partnership with Graham Thorpe which effectively won
England the game. His 75 in the next Test at Wellington was explosive,
coming off 44 balls with nine fours and two sixes. At Auckland he was surely
the victim of one of the worst decisions in Test history, given out caught
behind by umpire Doug Cowie on 29 when the ball passed several inches away
from his bat. However no England player had made more progress during the
winter, which Flintoff finished as his country's premier all-rounder.
Hampered by a persistent injury (he underwent a hernia operation in
August) he struggled to take wickets against Sri Lanka and India, although
his commitment was admirable, particularly in Manchester after England's
attack had been depleted by the loss of Andrew Caddick to a side injury. One
half century in six Tests also represented a disappointing tally after the
progress of the previous winter. Flintoff was nonetheless an automatic
choice for England's Ashes squad, and was given one of the first year-long
ECB contracts. (Copyright CricInfo October 2002)
Last Updated: Monday, 11-Nov-2002 18:57:13 GMT
|
|  |